Union Order of Battle for The Wilderness - May 5-6, 1864
Union Order of Battle for The Wilderness - May 5-6, 1864
The Union Army Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
Escort
5th US Calvary (B, F & K) Capt. Julius W. Mason
The Army of the Potomac Major General George C. Meade
Provost Guard Brig. Gen. Marsena R. Patrick
1st MA Calvary (C & D) Capt. Edward A. Flint
80th NY Infantry Col. Theodore B. Gates
3rd PA Calvary Maj. James W. Walsh
68th PA Infantry Lt. Col. Robert E. Winslow
114th PA Infantry Col. Charles H. T. Collis
Volunteer Engineer Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry W. Benham
15th NY Engineers Maj. William A. Ketchum
50th NY Engineers Lt. Col. Ira Spaulding
Battalion U.S. Engineers Capt. George H. Mendel
Guards and Orderlies
Oneida, NY Calvary Capt. Daniel P. Mann
Second Army Corps Major Gen. Winfield S. Hancock
Escort
1st VT Calvary (M) Capt. John H. Hazelton
First Division Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow
First Brigade Col. Nelson A. Miles
26th MI Maj. Lemuel Saviers
61st NY Lt. Col. K. O. Broady
81st PA Col. H. Boyd McKeen
140th PA Col. John Fraser
183rd PA Col. George P. McLean
Second Brigade Col. Thomas A. Smyth
28th MA Lt. Col. George W. Cartright
63rd NY Maj. Thomas Touhy
69th NY Capt. Richard Moroney
88th NY Capt. Denis F. Burke
116th PA Lt. Col. Richard C. Dale
Third Brigade Col. Paul Frank
39th NY Col. Augustus Funk
52nd NY Maj. Henry M. Karples
57th NY Lt. Col. Alford B. Chapman
111th NY Capt. Aaron P. Seeley
125th NY Lt. Col. Aarn B. Myer
126th NY Capt. Winfield Scott
Fourth Brigade Col. John R. Brooke
2nd DE Col. William P. Bailey
64th NY Maj. Lemen W. Bradley
66th NY Lt. Col. John S. Hammell
53rd PA Lt. Col. Richards McMichael
145th PA Col. Hiram L. Brown
148th PA Col. James A. Beaver
Second Division Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Provost Guard
2nd Co. MN Sharp. Capt. Mahlon Black
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb
19th ME Col. Selden Connor
Andrew, MA Sharp. Lt. Samuel G. Gilbreth
15th MA Maj. I. Harris Hooper
19th MA Maj. Edmund Rice
20th MA Maj. Henry L. Abbott
7th MI Maj. Silvanus W. Curtis
42nd NY Maj. Patrick J. Downing
59th NY Capt. William McFadden
82nd NY Col. Henry W. Hudson
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen
152nd NY Lt. Col. George W. Thompson
69th PA Maj. William Davis
71st PA Lt. Col. Charles Kochersperger
72nd PA Col. De Witt C. Baxter
106th PA Capt. Robert H. Ford
Third Brigade Col. Samuel S. Carroll
14th CT Col. Theodore G. Ellis
1st DE Lt. Col. Daniel Woodall
14th IN Col. John Coons
12th NY Lt. Col. Thomas H. Davis
10th NY Capt. George M. Dewey
108th NY Col. Charles J. Powers
4th OH Lt. Col. Leonard W. Carpenter
8th OH Lt. Col. Franklin Sawyer
7th WV Lt. Col. H. H. Lockwood
Third Division Maj. Gen. David B. Birney
First Brigade Brig. Gen. J. H. H. Ward
20th IN Col. W. C. L. Taylor
3rd ME Col. Moses B. Lakeman
40th NY Col. Thomas W. Egan
86th NY Lt. Col. Hacob H. Lansing
124th NY Col. Francis M. Cummins
99th PA Lt. Col. Edwin R. Biles
110th PA Lt. Col. Isaac Rogers
141st PA Lt. Col. Guy H. Watkins
2nd US Sharp. Lt. Col. Homer R. Stoughton
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander Hays
4th ME Col. Elijah Walker
17th ME Col. George W. West
3rd MI Col. Byron R. Pierce
5th MI Lt. Col. John Pulford
93rd NY Maj. Samuel McConihe
57th PA Col. Peter Sides
63rd PA Lt. Col. John A. Danks
105th PA Col. Calvin A. Craig
1st US Sharp. Maj. Charles P. Mattocks
Fourth Division Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott
First Brigade Col. Robert McAllister
1st MA Col. N. B. McLauglen
16th MA Lt. Col. Waldo Merriam
5th NJ Col. William J. Sewell
6th NJ Lt. Col. Stephen R. Gilkyson
7th NJ Maj. Frederick Cooper
8th NJ Col. John Ramsey
11th NJ Lt. Col. John Schoonover
26th PA Maj. Samuel G. Moffett
115th PA Maj. William A. Reilly
Second Brigade Col. William R. Brewster
11th MA Col. William Blaisdell
70th NY Maj. William H. Hugo
71st NY Lt. Col. Thomas Rafferty
72nd NY Lt. Col. John Leonard
73rd NY Lt. Col. Michael W. Burns
74th NY Lt. Col. Thomas Holt
120th NY Capt. Abram L. Lockwood
84th PA Lt. Col. Milton Opp
Artillery Brigade Col. John C. Tidball
6th ME Capt. Edwin B. Dow
10th MA Capt. J. Henry Sleeper
1st NH Capt. Fred. M. Edgell
1st NY (Co G) Capt. Nelson Ames
4th NY Heavy Lt. Col. Thomas R. Allcock
1st PA (Co F) Capt. R. Bruce Ricketts
1st RI (Co A) Capt. William A. Arnold
1st RI (Co B) Capt. T. Fred Brown
4th US (Co K) Lt. John W. Roder
5th US (Cos C, I) Lt. James Gilliss
Fifth Army Corps Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren
Provost Guard
12th NY Maj. Henry W. Rider
First Division Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres
140th NY Col. George Ryan
146th NY Col. David T. Jenkins
91st PA Lt. Col. Joseph H. Sinex
155th PA Lt. Col. Alfred L. Pearson
2nd US Capt. James W. Long
11th US Capt. Francis M. Cooley
12th US Maj. Luther G. Gruen
14th US Capt. E. McK. Hudson
17th US Capt. James F. Grimes
Second Brigade Col. Jacob B. Sweitzer
9th MA Col. Patrick R. Guiney
22nd MA Col. William S. Tilton
32nd MA Col. George L. Prescott
4th MI Lt. Col. George W. Lumbard
62nd PA Lt. Col. James C. Hull
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett
20th ME Maj. Ellis Spear
18th MA Col. Joseph Hayes
1st MI Lt. Col. William A. Throop
16th MI Maj. Robert T. Elliott
44th NY Lt. Col. Freeman Connor
83rd PA Col. O. S. Woodward
118th PA Col. James Gwyn
Second Division Brig. Gen. John C. Robinson
First Brigade Col. Samuel H. Leonard
16th ME Col. Charles W. Tilden
13th MA Capt. Charles H. Hovey
39th MA Col. Phineas S. Davis
104th NY Col. Gilbert G. Prey
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter
12th MA Col. James L. Bates
83rd NY Col. Joseph A. Moesch
97th NY Col. Charles Wheelock
11th PA Col. Richard Coulter
88th PA Capt. George B. Rhoads
90th PA Col. Peter Lyle
Third Brigade Col. Andrew W. Denison
1st MD Maj. Benjamin H. Schley
4th MD Col. Richard N. Bowerman
7th MD Col. Charles E. Phelps
8th MD Lt. Col. Hohn G. Johannes
Third Division Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford
First Brigade Col. William McCandless
1st PA Col. William C. Talley
2nd PA Maj. LeGrand B. Speece
11th PA Col. Samuel M. Jackson
13th PA Maj. W. R. Hartshorn
Third Brigade Col. Joseph W. Fisher
5th PA Lt. Col. George Dare
8th PA Col. Silas M. Baily
10th PA Lt. Col. Ira Ayer Jr.
12th PA Lt. Col. Richard Gustin
Fourth Division Brig. Gen. James S. Wadsworth
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Lysander Cutler
7th IN Col Ira G. Grover
19th IN Col. Samuel J. Williams
24th MI Col. Henry A. Morrow
1st NY Sharp. Capt. Volney J. Shipman
2nd WI Lt. Col. John Mansfield
6th WI Col. Edward S. Bragg
7th WI Col. William W. Robinson
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. James C. Rice
76th NY Lt. Col. John E. Cook
84th NY Col. Edward B. Fowler
95th NY Col. Edward Pye
147th NY Col. Francis C. Miller
56th PA Col. J. William Hofmann
Third Brigade Col. Roy Stone
121st PA Capt. Samuel T. Lloyd
142nd PA Maj. Horatio N. Warren
143rd PA Col. Edmund L. Dana
149th PA Lt. Col. John Irvin
150th PA Capt. George W. Jones
Artillery Brigade Col. Charles S. Wainwright
3rd MA Capt. Augustus P. Martin
5th MA Capt. Charles A. Phillips
1st NY (Co D) Capt George B. Winslow
1st NY (Cos E, L) Lt. George Breck
1st NY Capt. Charles E. Mink
4th NY Heavy Maj. William Arthur
1st PA (Co B) Capt. James H. Cooper
4th US (Co B) Lt. James Stewart
5th US (Co D) Lt. B. F. Rittenhouse
Sixth Corps Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick
Escort
8th PA Calvary (Co A) Capt. Charles E. Fellows
First Division Brig. Gen. Horatio G. Wright
First Brigade Col. Henry W. Brown
1st NJ Lt. Col. William Henry, Jr.
2nd NJ Lt. Col. Charles Wiebecke
3rd NJ Capt. Samuel T. DuBois
4th NJ Lt. Col. Charles Ewing
101st NJ Col. Henry O. Ryerson
15th NJ Col. William H. Penrose
Second Brigade Col. Emory Upton
5th ME Col. Clark S. Edwards
121st NY Lt. Col. Egbert Olcott
95th PA Lt. Col. Edward Carroll
96th PA Lt. Col. William H. Lessig
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. David A. Russell
6th ME Maj. George Fuller
49th PA Col. Thomas M. Hulings
119th PA Maj. enry P. Truefitt, Jr.
5th WI Lt. Col. Theodore B. Catlin
Fourth Brigade Brig. Gen. Alexander Shaler
65th NY Col. Joseph E. Hamblin
67th NY Col. Nelson Cross
122nd NY Lt. Col. Augustus W. Dwight
Second Division Brig. Gen. George W. Getty
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Frank Wheaton
62nd NY Col. David J. Nevin
93rd PA Lt. Col. John S. Long
98th PA Col. John F. Ballier
102nd PA Col. John W. Patterson
139th PA Lt. Col. William H. Moody
Second Brigade Col. Lewis A. Grant
2nd VT Col. Newton Stone
3rd VT Col. Thomas O. Seaver
4th VT Col. George P. Foster
5th VT Lt. Col. John R. Lewis
6th VT Col. Elisha L. Barney
Third Brigade Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Neill
7th ME Col. Edwin C. Mason
43rd NY Lt. Col. Jon Wilson
49th NY Col. Daniel D. Bidwell
77th NY Maj. Nathan S. Babcock
61st PA Col. George F. Smith
Fourth Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry L. Eustis
7th MA Col. Thomas D. Johns
10th MA Lt. Col. Joseph B. Parsons
37th MA Col. Oliver Edwards
2nd RI Lt. Col. S. B. M. Read
Third Division Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts
First Brigade Brig. Gen. William H. Morris
14th NJ Lt. Col. Caldwell K. Hall
106th NY Lt. Col. Charles Townsend
151st NY Lt. Col. Thomas M. Fay
87th PA Col. John W. Schall
10th VT Lt. Col. William W. Henry
Second Brigade Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour
6th MD Col. John W. Horn
110th OH Col. J. Warren Keifer
122nd OH Col. William H. Ball
126th OH Col. Benjamin F. Smith
67th PA (detached) Capt. George W. Guss
138th PA Col. Matthew R. McClennan
Artillery Brigade Col. Charles H. Tompkins
4th ME Lt. Melville C. Kimball
1st MA Capt. William H. McCartney
1st NY Capt. Andrew Cowan
3rd NY Capt. William A. Harn
4th NY Heavy Maj. Thomas D. Sears
1st RI (Co C) Capt. Richard Waterman
1st RI (Co E) Capt. William B. Rhodes
1st RI (Co G) Capt. George W. Adams
5th US (Co M) Capt. James McKnight
Ninth Army Corps Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside *
Provost Guard
8th US Capt. Milton Cogswell
First Division Brig. Gen. Thomas G. Stevenson
First Brigade Col. Sumner Carruth
35th MA Maj. Nathaniel Wales
56th MA Col. Charles E. Griswold
57th MA Col. William F. Bartlett
59th MA Col. J. Parker Gould
4th US Capt. Charles H. Brightly
10th US Maj. Samuel B. Hayman
Second Brigade Col. Daniel Leasure
3rd MD Col. Joseph M. Sudsburg
21st MA Lt. Col. George P. Hawkes
100th PA Lt. Col. Matthew M. Dawson
Artillery
2nd ME Capt. Albert F. Thomas
14th MA Capt. J. W. B. Wright
Second Division Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter
First Brigade Col. Zenas R. Bliss
36th MA Maj. William F. Draper
58th MA Lt. Col. John C. Whiton
51st NY Col. Charles W. Le Gendre
45th PA Col. John I. Curtin
48th PA Lt. Col. Henry Pleasants
7th RI Capt. Theodore Winn
Second Brigade Col. Simon G. Griffin
31st ME Lt. Col. Thomas Hight
32nd ME Maj. Arthur Deering
6th NH Lt. Col. Henry H. Pearson
9th NH Lt. Col. John W. Babbitt
11th NH Col. Walter Harriman
17th VT Lt. Col. Charles Cummings
Artillery
11th MA Capt. Edward J. Jones
19th NY Capt. Edward W. Rogers
Third Division Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox
First Brigade Col. John F. Hartranft
2nd MI Col. William Humphrey
8th MI Col. Frank Graves
17th MI Col. Constan Luce
27th MI Maj. Samuel Moody
109th NY Col. Benjamin F. Tracy
51st PA Lt. Col. Edwin Schall
Second Brigade Col. Benjamin C. Christ
1st MI Sharp. Col. Charles V. DeLand
20th MI Lt. Col. Byron M. Cutcheon
79th NY Col. David Morrison
60th OH Lt. Col. James N. McElroy
50th PA Lt. Col. Edward Overton Jr.
Artillery
7th ME Capt. Adelbert B. Twitchell
34th NY Capt. Jacob Roemer
Fourth Division Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero
First Brigade Col. Joshua K. Sigfried
27th US Lt. Col. Charles J. Wright
30th US Col. Delavan Bates
39th US Col. Ozora P. Stearns
43rd US Lt. Col. H. Seymour Hall
Second Brigade Col. Henry G. Thomas
30th CT Capt. Charles Robinson
19th US Lt. Col. Joseph Perkins
23rd US Lt. Col. Cleveland J. Campbell
Artillery
D PA Capt. George W. Durell
3rd VT Capt. Romeo H. Start
Calvary
3rd NJ Col. Andrew J. Morrison
22nd NY Col. Samuel J. Crooks
2nd OH Lt. Col. George A. Purlington
13th PA Maj. Michael Kerwin
Reserve Artillery Capt. John Edwards Jr.
27th NY Capt. John B. Eaton
1st RI (Co D) Capt. William W. Buckley
1st RI (Co H) Capt. Crawford Allen Jr.
2nd US (Co E) Lt. James S. Dudley
3rd US (Co G) Lt. Edmund Pendleton
3rd US (Cos L & M) Lt. Erskine Gittings
Provisional Brigade Col. Elisha G. Marshall
24th NY Calvary Col. William C. Raulston
14th NY Heavy Artil. Lt. Col. Clarence H. Corning
2nd PA Heavy Artil. Col. Thomas Wilhelm
Calvary Corps Maj. Gen. Phillip H. Sheridan
Escort
6th US Capt. Ira W. Claflin
First Division Brig. Gen. A. T. A. Torbert
First Brigade Brig. Gen. George A. Custer
1st MI Lt. Col. Peter Stagg
5th MI Col. Russell A. Alger
6th MI Maj. James H. Kidd
7th MI Maj. Henry W. Granger
Second Brigade Col. Thomas C. Devin
4th NY Lt. Col. William R. Parnell
6th NY Lt. Col. William H. Crocker
9th NY Col. William Sackett
17th PA Lt. Col. James Q. Anderson
Reserve Brigade Brig. Gen. Wesley Merritt
19th NY Col. Alfred Gibbs
6th PA Maj. James Starr
1st US Maj. Nelson B. Sweitzer
2nd US Capt. T. F. Rodenbough
5th US Capt. Abraham K. Arnold
Second Division Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg
First Brigade Brig. Gen. Henry E. Davies, Jr
1st MA Maj. Lucius M. Sargent
1st NJ Lt. Col. John W. Kester
6th OH Col. William Stedman
1st PA Col. John P. Taylor
Second Brigade Col. J. Irvin Gregg
1st ME Col. Charles H. Smith
10th NY Maj. M. Henry Avery
2nd PA Lt. Col. Joseph P. Brinton
4th PA Lt. Col. George H. Covode
8th PA Lt. Col. Samuel Wilson
16th PA Lt. Col. John K. Robinson
Third Division Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson
Escort
8th IL Lt. William W. Long
First Brigade Col. Timothy M. Bryan Jr.
1st CT Maj. Erastus Blakeslee
2nd NY Col. Otto Harhaus
5th NY Lt. Col. John Hammond
18th PA Lt. Col. William P. Brinton
Second Brigade Col. George H. Chapman
3rd IN Maj. William Patton
8th NY Lt. Col. William H. Benjamin
1st VT Lt. Col. Addison W. Preston
Artillery Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt
Artillery Reserve Col. Henry S. Burton
First Brigade Col. J. Howard Kitching
6th NY Heavy Lt. Col. Edmund R. Travis
15th NY Heavy Col. Louis Schirmer
Second Brigade Maj. John A. Tompkins
5th ME Capt. Greenleaf T. Stevens
1st NJ Capt. William Hexamer
2nd NJ Capt. A. Judson Clark
5th NY Capt. Elijah D. Taft
12th NY Capt. George F. McKnight
1st NY (Co B) Capt. Albert S. Sheldon
Third Brigade Maj. Robert H. Fitzhugh
9th MA Capt. John Bigelow
15th NY Capt. Patrick Hart
1st NY (Co C) Lt. William H. Phillips
11th NY Capt. John E. Burton
1st OH (Co H) Lt. William A. Ewing
5th US (Co E) Lt. John R. Brinckle
Horse Artillery
First Brigade Capt. James M. Robertson
6th NY Capt. Joseph W. Martin
2nd US (Cos B & L) Lt. Edward Heaton
2nd US (Co D) Lt. Edward B. Williston
2nd US (Co M) Lt. A. C. M. Pennington
4th US (Co A) Lt. Rufus King Jr.
4th US (Cos C & E) Lt. Charles L. Fitzhugh
Second Brigade Capt. Dunbar R. Ransom
1st US (Cos E & G) Lt. Frank S. French
1st US (Cos H & I) Capt. Alanson M. Randol
1st US (Co K) Lt. John Egan
2nd US (Co A) Lt. Robert Clark
2nd US (Co G) Lt. William N. Dennison
3rd US (Cos C, F & K) Lt. James R. Kelly
* Technically the 9th Corps under Burnside reported directly to Grant during this engagement because Burnside had more seniority than Meade The effective strength of all the above forces was estimated at 118,000 men There were 17,666 casualties (2,246 deaths) in The Wilderness Source: _The Wilderness Campaign_ by Edward Steere
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